ECON 230 - Economic History Of The U.S.
at Cañada College
for Spring 2013 (CRN : 43187)

ECON 230 ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

Units (Grade Option) 3; Class Hours: Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester; Prerequisite(s): Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ECON 100 or 102; ENGL 836 or ESL 400 OR eligibility for ENGL 100 on approved college English Placement Test and other measures as necessary AND READ 836 or ESL 400 with Credit or a grade of "C" or better OR eligibility for 400-level Reading courses on approved college Reading Placement Test and other measures as necessary.

Description: An advanced discussion and analysis of the development of the American economy from 1860 to the present time. Economics concepts include, opportunity cost, moral hazard, monetary theory and policy, fiscal theory and policy. Topics studied are industrial growth, land and resource use, role of immigration and various ethnic and cultural groups, the transportation revolution, Great Depression and Great Moderation, development of money and banking, trade patterns, organized labor, agriculture, and America in the world economy. (Fulfills Associate Degree Ethnic Studies requirement.). Transfer: CSU: DUS-1 & DSI, UC. (IGETC: 4)